Dear Diary,
Today involved the usual rush of customers starting around 10 am. They clattered through the old door and dodged around the thrift shop tables and benches to gawk at the massive shelves of cereal. Most people opted for the American cereals and some coffee, and nearly all preferred a large bowl with a topping. Reese's and Lucky Charms were the crowd favorite this morning, and people swarmed downstairs to watch cartoons on the vintage televisions that lined the inner wall.
As the hours waned, the crowd died down. By about 7 pm, there were only a handful of people sitting around vintage cereal bowls with electric tea lights in them. The dim and flickering lights added a strangely somber mood to a product with such a nostalgic and childish attitude. There were no more cartoons playing and now black and white static added to the eerie feeling downstairs. Still, though the sun had set, the customers did not seem to notice. They shoved spoonfuls of cereal in their mouths happily, talking about their childhoods.
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